Shades Off (Poem) by Ian Hunter Song Details

Ian Hunter's ' "Shades Off (Poem)" was released on its scheduled release date, 1975. With This song being less than two minutes long, at 1:37, we are fairly confident that this song is not explicit and is safe for all ages. Based on the duration of this song, this song duration is much smaller than the average song duration. The track order of this song in Ian Hunter's "Ian Hunter" album is number 13 out of 14. The popularity of Shades Off (Poem) is currently not that popular right now. Since there is more of a neutral sound being played, this makes the track somewhat danceable.

BPM and Tempo

We consider the tempo marking of Shades Off (Poem) by Ian Hunter to be Vivace (lively and fast) because the track has a tempo of 170 BPM, a half-time of 85BPM, and a double-time of 340 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is fast. The time signature for this track is 3/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of A♭ Major. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 4B. So, the perfect camelot match for 4B would be either 4B or 5A. While, 5B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 1B and a high energy boost can either be 6B or 11B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 4A or 3B will give you a low energy drop, 7B would be a moderate one, and 2B or 9B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 1A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-25.218 dB
Acousticness
54%
Danceability
54%
Energy
7%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
45%
Loudness
58%
Speechiness
61%
Valence
43%

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ISRC
This song does not have an ISRC.
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records